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Thursday, 1 September 2016

In early August the American Literary Translators
Association (ALTA) announced the longlists for the 2016 National Translation
Awards in Poetry and Prose. Winning translators will receive a $2,500 cash
prize, with the winners being announced at the ALTA’s annual conference in
October 2016. The five-title shortlists for each category will be “announced in
September”. I do intend to read and review a number of the titles that have
made the longlists, unfortunately some titles are no longer available or given
they come from small independent presses the distribution is limited and the
postage costs to Australia are prohibitive, whilst I love to read some of the
titles, I really cannot justify spending $50+ on a single book!!!